take on the u.s. reaching herd immunity texas ending mask mandate and letting businesses open 100%. the record surge of migrant children as the president under pressure a new warning from the white house. mud slides forcing mandatory evacuations in california and hawaii the state of emergency tonight. one year later a question what was the last photo you took before the pandemic hit. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening, seven weeks into his presidency joe biden scored his first legislative victory and it is a big one in dollars and in scope the covid relief bill winning final approval in the house today with its jaw-dropping price tag of nearly $2 trillion. millions of americans will see government payments up to $1,400 land in their bank accounts we ll tell you what else is in it and how to speed those payments along herd immunity of covid can be achieved sooner than expected later what s the last photo on your camera before the lockdow
day 50 of the biden administration and exactly halfway through his first 100 days in office the president is marking two big accomplishments. today he secured a landmark bill for federal aid, and he announced that over 100 million more covid vaccines will soon be in the pipeline and then in arms across our country. this afternoon congress cleared biden s signature domestic packages, $1.9 trillion national relief package. this bill represents a historic, historic victory for the american people. the bill won final passage in the house of representatives on a straight party line vote, 220-211 with biden looking on from the executive mansion. there we go. [ applause ] the white house says the president plans to sign the legislation on friday. americans should know this aid they re about to get is from the democrats. that is not a political statement at all. only democrats voted for it. not a single republican in the house or the senate. this is the most consequential l
220-211 with biden looking on from the executive mansion. there we go. [ applause ] the white house says the president plans to sign the legislation on friday. americans should know this aid they re about to get is from the democrats. that is not a political statement at all. only democrats voted for it. not a single republican in the house or the senate. this is the most consequential legislation that many of us will ever be a party to. we said if we won those two seats in georgia we would get things done. mr. ossoff and mr. warnock told the citizens of georgia if they were elected, they would make sure that the actual promises made would be promises kept. this bill offers one of the largest infusions of federal aid since the great depression. in many ways it redraws our social safety net and thus has been described in terms of the new deal and the great society. it includes those $1,400 stimulus checks, extended unemployment benefits, funds for states and small bu
And thank you for being here. We will continue to be here for the months to come, but not skating is fast as we have been. It is a good question, what do you make of all this, it is great when everybody is here, but when everybody leaves, he does not seem so important anymore. But they leave behind a lot of dollars, a lot of exposure, and it is difficult to put a price tag on it, but it is big. Yes, it is big. We have taught at water with us today, todd at water. What do we get . They have gone through the caucus and the primary, and this is one that they have time and the people in South Carolina have led the nation time and again, and i think this sets the tone we know that South Carolina is known to pick the president s on the gop side. The interesting thing about South Carolina, we look like the United States of america. The demographics, the voter participation, and that is why South Carolina is important for the gop and democratic primary. As i top, i had the opportunity to drill
Of supervisors for thursday, march 17, 2016, madam clerk call the roll. Thank you supervisor avalos supervisor breed supervisor campos supervisor cowen supervisor farrell supervisor kim supervisor mar not present supervisor peskin supervisor tang supervisor wiener supervisor yee madam president we have quorum thank you ladies and gentlemen, please join us in the pledge of allegiance and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all thank you madam clerk any consumption. There are no communications to report madam president colleagues, any changes to the march 15, 2016 regularly Meeting Minutes or the 2016 Budget Finance Committee minutes seeing none, is there a motion to approve motion by supervisor farrell and supervisor avalos colleagues, can we take that same house, same call . Well take that without objection. Those Meeting Minutes pass after. Madam clerk please read our first item the special order the postpones by the hon